{{Short description|Russian-Belarusian air defense system manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Defense Systems | logo = | type = Joint stock company | slogan = | foundation = January 23, 1996 | location = | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = Defence industry | products = Air defense systems | revenue = | parent = Oboronprom<ref>{{cite web|title=Системы ПВО и сложные радиоэлектронные комплексы {{!}} Оборонпром|url=http://www.oboronprom.ru/business/pvo|website=Oboronprom.ru|accessdate=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205244/http://www.oboronprom.ru/business/pvo|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> | homepage = {{Official URL}} }} '''JSC Defense systems''' is a Russian-Belarusian air defense system manufacturer.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
==Overview== The company was formed on January 23, 1996, as a joint venture under a Russia-Belarus intergovernmental agreement. It consists of 38 subsidiaries in both countries.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} The company focuses on upgrading S-125 (SA-3) SAM systems to the modern Pechora-2M and Pechora-2A variants, and on the production of S-300PMU air defense systems.<ref name="mdb">{{cite web|url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/1-2002/di/ifig/|title=Interstate Financial and Industrial Group "Defense Systems"|last=Makienko|first=Konstantin|publisher=Moscow Defense Brief|accessdate=2009-06-03|archive-date=2011-06-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606162246/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/1-2002/di/ifig/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In addition, JSC Defense Systems produces the ''Phoenix'' optronic round-scan target detection system, and the P-18 and Kama–N radars. The company also provides a wide range of services for foreign customers on maintenance and repair of ADMS means both in Russia and on the territory of the customer.<ref name="production">{{cite web|url=http://www.defensys.ru/proizvodstvo21_eng.html|title=JSC "Defence systems" - Production|publisher=JSC Defense Systems|accessdate=2009-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090117092245/http://www.defensys.ru/proizvodstvo21_eng.html|archive-date=2009-01-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The company currently produces about 15-17 Pechora-2M systems each year. Some Russian media sources have reported that the portfolio of 2009-2011 export orders for Pechora-2M and Pechora-2A SAM systems totaled 200 units, including 70 for Egypt.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
==Missiles== * S-125 Neva/Pechora (SA-3 "Goa")
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==External links== *{{Official website}}
Category:Defence companies of Russia Category:Manufacturing companies of Belarus Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1996 Category:1996 establishments in Belarus Category:1996 establishments in Russia Category:Oboronprom Category:Belarus–Russia relations